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. 2023 Jan 17;20(3):1676.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031676.

Research on the Characteristics of Safety Culture and Obstacle Factors among Residents under the Influence of COVID-19 in China

Qifei Wang  1 , Yihan Zhao  1 , Jian Wang  2 , Haolin Liu  1 , Hui Zhang  3
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Research on the Characteristics of Safety Culture and Obstacle Factors among Residents under the Influence of COVID-19 in China

Qifei Wang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

This study established a comprehensive evaluation indicator model for the safety culture among residents during COVID-19 and an obstacle degree model for the identification of the major factors affecting the residents' safety culture. The results show that the overall level of the safety culture among residents was 0.6059. Safety education, channels for learning knowledge regarding safety, and implementation of safety management systems are currently the major obstacles affecting safety culture among residents, but there is still space for improvement in the future. Furthermore, the level of safety culture was strongly related to the distance from the infected, because this changes the risk of viral infection. There are also differences in obstacle factors in different regions. Therefore, it is necessary to implement measures targeting the improvement of safety culture in accordance with the risk of viral infection. Strategies for strengthening the safety culture are also given in this study for consideration in strategic decision making with the aim of promoting the improvement of safety culture among residents, which may help to reduce the risk of infection with COVID-19 for residents.

Keywords: COVID-19; comprehensive evaluation; obstacle degree model; safety culture among residents; safety culture questionnaire.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Flowchart of the Research.
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The basic steps of the entropy weight method.
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The basic steps of the AHP method.
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Age of participants.
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Level of education.
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Distance between participants and infected individuals. * “Community (Village)” refers to residing in the same community or village as infected individuals, “Street (Township)” refers to residing in the same street or township as the infected individuals, “District (County)” refers to residing in the same district or county as the infected individuals, “City” refers to residing in the same city as the infected individuals, and “Province” refers to residing in the same province as the infected individuals.
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Comparison between different methods.
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The levels of the four dimensions of culture among residents.
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Safety culture of residents in communities with different distances from COVID-19 cases.
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The trends of each dimension with different distance from COVID-19 cases.
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The main obstacle factors of safety culture among residents during COVID-19.
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The main obstacle factors of the four dimensions.
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The main obstacle factors of safety culture among residents for different distances.
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